here is a closer shot of the repositioned muffler. The tech is finishing up the welding, almost ready to go.....

 

hey how does the exhaust sound? you also said that it can come with no premuffler right?

 

Sounds great, not too loud inside. At idle and during acceleration it's comparable with the OEM from inside. At 30-45 mph cruising it's very quiet too. At 3500 rpm cruise or higher it's a bit louder than stock. The power increase is quite noticeable by my SOTP dyno. The tip also has a little hole in the bottom near the edge, so I'm thinking to experiement with silencers to see how quiet I can get it. That would be totally great, super quiet when needed and louder, more powerful at will..

Oh yeah, when I spoke with Jeff at VRS, he asked me if I wanted it with a premuffler... He also asked if I wanted stainless steel... I said yes to both, I can only guess that since he asked me, there must be the option to get it without the premuffler and made from aluminized steel.....

 

cool thanx, ill prolly be giving them a call soon, we need a downpipe too

 

how did u get it to hook up to ur stock cat?

 

It bolts right up. Mine required a little bit of grinding off the flange of the midpipe. Miguel said that this was being addressed and should not occur... Personally, I think that the installation by a professional shop should probably cost no more than $50 and that would include any small adjustments they have to make. That's the advantage of going to a muffler shop. Generally, changing an exhaust is relatively a simple matter, except if there are minor adjustments to be made which might require tools or supplies common to a shop but not common to the average person laying on their backs in their driveway

 

yea i have installed exhausts on my civic si, an A4, WRX, and Type R, but i will have my exhaust shop do it. So the exhaust is straight 3 inch and doesnt bottle neck anywhere even to fit the puny stock cat?

 

ignore my last post, i saw the picture of your exhaust. enough for me

 

I reposted better pictures (finally figured out how to resize them)

 

I just PMed you with questions on this exhasut. Wondering where the shop cut and rewelded to center the tip?

 

Almost three years... I think that might be a record